Walton County News

The Banner-Herald's well-considered Sunday editorial, "Another reason to be skeptical of water group," was spot-on, especially for those of us here in the Oconee River basin.

With the ballot boxes still warm from the 2009 municipal elections in Walton County, state Sen.

The Walton County Sheriff's Office seems to be preparing for the inevitable. ' called me recently and jokingly said we need to get ready for a population explosion,' Sheriff Joe Chapman said.

While the goal is the same as last year, the help might not stretch as far as it did in years past.

Walton County officials are looking to bring their alcohol ordinance up to date, and along the way are proposing some drastic changes.

Although the annual results of the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test is the ultimate test of Georgia schools' progress and one of the primary benchmarks students must meet for promotion to the next grade, it is not the only major standardized test Walton schools use to measure educational gains.

One school is moving down, one is moving up, another is moving in and two others are staying put.

All across Walton County, students, military personnel and the community gathered together in events to celebrate this nation's veterans.

Walton County authorities issued arrest warrants Thursday for five people for their suspected roles in forcing an 84-year-old woman to live in "deplorable" conditions.

Five people were facing charges Wednesday night in Walton County for forcing an 84-year-old woman to live in deplorable conditions.

An accused killer from Pike County has sat in jail for nearly four years without a trial -- not because of any problems with the evidence but because the state is seeking the death penalty and cannot pay for the man's defense.

Slightly more than a year after ground was broken, law enforcement officials gathered Tuesday to officially open the new Georgia State Patrol Post 46 on Highway 11 north of Social Circle.

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Residents in Loganville elected one new city council member Tuesday and voted to extend future terms to four years.

Doors have been opening up over the past four months and starting next week, Walton County's second free health care clinic for those without insurance will begin serving patients.

Voters in Monroe can consider themselves fortunate this year in that both candidates for mayor - incumbent Greg Thompson and challenger Wallace Beall - seem to have the city's best interests at heart.

The Oconee County Commission met Oct. 6 and made the following unanimous committee appointments: Commissioners appoint, sell well water Story updated at 6:10 pm on 10/27/2009 The Oconee County Commission met Oct.

They were dark points in Walton County's history, but light will be cast on the murders of Tina Marie Hill and Tom Daniels as they are used for an episode of a TV series.

Loganville Middle School students got an opportunity Thursday to see first-hand the often devastating consequences of irresponsible decisions.

The three Monroe men accused in the murder of a 65-year-old woman during a home invasion in Loganville May 21 will face the death penalty.